ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (red), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ubro
  • Hyphenation: rù‧bro

AdjectiveEdit

rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubri, feminine plural rubre) (rare)

  1. (archaic) red
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, lines 79–81, page 105:
      Con costui corse infino al lito rubro; ¶ con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace, ¶ che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.
      With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; ¶ with him it placed the world in so great peace, ¶ that unto Janus was his temple closed.
    • Synonyms: rosso, rufo

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

rubrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ruber

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ruber.

PronunciationEdit

 

NounEdit

rubro m (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) red (colour)
    Synonym: vermelho

AdjectiveEdit

rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubros, feminine plural rubras)

  1. (poetic) red in colour
    Synonym: vermelho

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Further readingEdit

  • rubro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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EtymologyEdit

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NounEdit

rubro m (plural rubros)

  1. red
  2. title, heading

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